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2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

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  • queenpig
    queenpig Posts: 419 Forumite
    Can I join in? I haven't been here in what feels like forever but I really need to de-junk we moved house over a year ago an thought it would be a good opportunity to clear out... No lol

    So just a quick question. Do I list everything I've recycled, CS, and binned? (obviously not normal rubbish so forth :) )

    Thanks QP
    Grocery Challenge. £400. - £35.22 + £19.80 + £109.01 = £164.03
    Other spends (Clothes Luxuries etc)£11.97 + £1.19 + £7.36 + £69.00 + £38.50 + £5.50 + £23.00 +£2.00 = £158.52:shocked::sad:
  • pleasedelete
    pleasedelete Posts: 2,291 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    queenpig wrote: »
    Can I join in? I haven't been here in what feels like forever but I really need to de-junk we moved house over a year ago an thought it would be a good opportunity to clear out... No lol

    So just a quick question. Do I list everything I've recycled, CS, and binned? (obviously not normal rubbish so forth :) )

    Thanks QP

    People do list the normal rubbish regularly

    Do you have a problem with chucking stuff away?
    June challenge £100 a day £3161.63 plus £350 vouchers plus £108.37 food/shopping saving

    July challenge £50 a day. £ 1682.50/1550

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  • bestill
    bestill Posts: 57 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Only managed to notch up a pitiful 283 things so far this year, but we're now decorating the house to get ready to move, so must start getting rid of more stuff.
  • Sa1sysoo
    Sa1sysoo Posts: 298 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic
    queenpig wrote: »
    Can I join in? I haven't been here in what feels like forever but I really need to de-junk we moved house over a year ago an thought it would be a good opportunity to clear out... No lol

    So just a quick question. Do I list everything I've recycled, CS, and binned? (obviously not normal rubbish so forth :) )

    Thanks QP

    Hiya QP,

    Welcome, welcome.
    I'm only counting the things I wouldn't get rid of normally. So I would not count a toilet roll inside, but I would anything I sell, freecycle or throw away that I wouldn't normally in my day to day.

    However, if I have a sort out of the food cupboards and chuck stuff that's out of date, I count that.

    So a bit of both :rotfl:
    Or exactly as you've just described! :cool::D:o
    OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.67
  • miss_corerupted
    miss_corerupted Posts: 3,486 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Got rid of loads so going to list them!

    Boxes 16
    Toys 23
    Blinds 5
    Wood 4
    Bags of papers 3
    Locks 10
    Gloves 9
    Clothes 93
    Print cartridges (bags of) 24
    Books 16
    Handbags 5
    4 pairs of pants
    3 pairs of socks
    Inflatables 3

    and a tent, a phone, connector, water heater, boots, fluffy boots, trike, gas fire, metal box file, body board and a computer.

    So 229 + 1170 = 1399 :)

    And no one has noticed anything yet. Strangely although a lot of stuff has gone I don't feel any tidier yet. I think it is because most of that has gone I had hidden away anyway

    18 bottles of old medicine - Bin
    1 ride on tractor - SIL
    2 cake tins - SIL

    Now at 1420 phew!
    I have dyslexia, so get used to my spelling and grammar :)
    Mortgage pay off date 11/2028. Target 12/2020 :rotfl:
    Current Balance £33921
    Declutter 2123/2016
  • miss_corerupted
    miss_corerupted Posts: 3,486 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    somerandom wrote: »
    Wow MsC that's really impressive !! You've inspired me to get back to it this weekend. I've done nothing this week so far as I've been busy & fed-up with the weather. :(

    Thanks. I'm looking at stuff differently and the amount of stuff is getting me down so it needs to go.

    Still don't feel like i've scratched the surface
    I have dyslexia, so get used to my spelling and grammar :)
    Mortgage pay off date 11/2028. Target 12/2020 :rotfl:
    Current Balance £33921
    Declutter 2123/2016
  • miss_corerupted
    miss_corerupted Posts: 3,486 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    queenpig wrote: »
    So just a quick question. Do I list everything I've recycled, CS, and binned? (obviously not normal rubbish so forth :) )

    Thanks QP

    I think its up to you tbh. I don't but I have a enough [STRIKE]cr&p[/STRIKE] treasures around my house to hit the target
    I have dyslexia, so get used to my spelling and grammar :)
    Mortgage pay off date 11/2028. Target 12/2020 :rotfl:
    Current Balance £33921
    Declutter 2123/2016
  • somerandom
    somerandom Posts: 920 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 29 June 2016 at 10:50PM
    I got way- layed over the past week due to busy-ness followed by fed-up-ness. Feeling back on track today so I hit the loft:

    244-252 - 8 large cardboard boxes from the loft - rationalised storage. (recycling)
    253 - huge and broken storage box - rubbish
    254 - Xmas serving dish
    255 - picture frame
    256 - Nail polish
    257 - ornament
    258 - broken crate (rubbish)
    259 - tin
    260-271 11 x seasonal decorations
    272 - keyboard
    273 - frame
    274 -292 - 18 items of clothing
    292-296 - 4 x filing cases (recycling)
    296 - 303 - 7 x bowls & plates
    304-305 - 2 x cardboard boxes

    I have to say that felt GREAT!! and my loft looks amazing - everything is in order and I can get to everything. There's probably still some stuff that could go but mostly its seasonal stuff.

    Feeling really quite proud of myself :A
    Shifting my energy for 2020 :heart::heart::heart:
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Barny1979 wrote: »
    349-352. Four pairs of shorts to charity
    353-354. Two t shirts to charity
    355. Book to charity

    356-358. Three shirts to charity
    359-361. Three out of date soups thrown
    362. Shower hose to charity
  • somerandom
    somerandom Posts: 920 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 1 July 2016 at 8:18AM
    All to CS unless otherwise stated:

    306 - old blanket (textile recycling)
    307 - desk tidy
    308 - organza jewellery bags
    309 & 310 - 2 embarrassingly badly worn pairs of knickers - rubbish
    311 - Huge bag of papers - recycling
    312 - bottle of prosecco - gift
    312-314 - 3 x plates

    Looking back on my first month of doing this - I have reached a point where I can see / feel it making a difference. Environmentally - seeing the loft look so orderly has motivated me - I never thought I would get there. Emotionally / Psychologically - I've reached a different level of what I'm prepared to give away (it's strange what I was / am emotionally attached to - bears little relationship to financial value). It feels very freeing to let these things go...

    I am so glad I've kept at this - thanks for the motivation and accountability.:T

    Ooh by the way - has anyone seen the trailer for "Life Stripped Bare" - Channel 4 on Tues @ 9pm - it's a one off documentary - the premise is - what happens when 3 young households have all their possessions taken away - I think they get to choose 1 item to bring back in a day. Looks like it goes a BIT far for me - they start off naked :eek: . Looks like an interesting show though
    Shifting my energy for 2020 :heart::heart::heart:
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